Darren begins to enjoy his life among the Cirque performers and starts coming to terms with his half-vampire existence. He also meets a local boy, Sam, and RV, an eco-warrior and animal lover (who do not).

There, Darren makes friends with the snake-boy, Evra Von (who knows what Darren has become). Darren joins the vampire, Mr Crepsley, as his assistant and they return to the Cirque du Freak. The amazing manga retelling of Darren Shan's international best-selling vampire saga, with illustrations by Japanese artist Takahiro Arai.

Or so he claims.Print The Vampire's Assistant (Manga Darren Shan #2) He loves dreaming up new ways to terrify his readers, but never drinks blood. He is a big film buff, and also loves theatre, comics and books, and collecting art. Darren lives in seclusion in the depths of Ireland.

His books have been read by millions of people around the world and translated into more than 25 languages. “The Vampire’s Assistant blazes a thrilling, gruesome trail through a fascinating plot.”ĭarren Shan is the number-one best-selling author of the series THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN, the DEMONATA and more recently the SAGA OF LARTEN CREPSLEY and ZOM-B. When he discovers animal bones, RV frees the wolf-man from his cage – and no-one could possibly guess how truly terrible the whole effect would be. Darren begins to enjoy his life among the Cirque performers as the youngest half-vampire in existence, but he defiantly refuses to drink human blood – the whole idea sickens him – and he tries desperately to cling on to the part of him which is human.ĭarren comes face to face with pure evil in the form of Mr Tiny, the leader of the Little People who join the Cirque Du Freak, and who eat anything – including human flesh. There, Darren makes friends with the snake-boy, Evra Von (who knows what Darren is) and a local boy, Sam, and RV, an eco-warrior and animal lover (who do not). Darren Shan has been made a half-vampire by Mr Crepsley, but the Cirque Du Freak holds more unpleasant surprises for the vampire’s assistant.ĭarren joins the vampire, Mr Crepsley, as his assistant and they return to the Cirque Du Freak.

The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan